Symptoms of Heart Disease in Women | MyLifeStages

A half-million women have heart attacks each year. A common symptom of coronary heart disease is chest pain or tightness, known as angina. It may be the earliest sign of heart disease and usually brings someone to a health care provider for the first time.

scoop.it — “"Having a heart attack felt nothing like I thought it would feel. For one thing, unlike sudden cardiac arrest, in which the heart stops beating and you stop breathing, during my heart attack (myocardial infarction), my heart continued beating, and I was conscious throughout despite horrific symptoms – so how could I possibly be having a heart attack? "Like most women I know, I thought very little about heart disease, even though it is our #1 killer each year. Women need to know a” View full resource at scoop.it

ted.com — “TED Talks Surprising, but true: More women now die of heart disease than men, yet cardiovascular research has long focused on men. Pioneering doctor C. Noel Bairey Merz shares what we know and don't know about women's heart health -- including the remarkably different symptoms women present during a heart attack (and why they're often missed).” View full resource at ted.com

beliefnet.com — “A woman’s decision to take HRT is greatly affected by whether she is having bothersome symptoms. Understandably, if a woman is experiencing minimal symptoms, she may be less inclined to take estrogen. Women with a family history of cancer, heart disease, Alzheimer’s disease, or osteoporosis should carefully weigh each of these factors with her physician.” View full resource at beliefnet.com

bidmc.org — “Many of us experience a stiff neck, aching jaw or upper-back discomfort at times; at the end of a long day, for example. But you may be surprised to learn that these are among the unexpected symptoms of a heart attack for women.” View full resource at bidmc.org

news-medical.net — “When we think about people with heart disease we usually think about middle-aged men. In reality, atherosclerotic heart disease is the leading cause of death for men and women in North America, but its impact starts much earlier than adulthood. Though children will rarely, if ever, have overt symptoms of atherosclerosis, the first signs of this disease appear in early childhood and perhaps even before birth.” View full resource at news-medical.net

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